Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.
TERTULLIANIf the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?
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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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God the Father’s a deep root; the Son’s the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance.
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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
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And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
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Patience is God’s nature.
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See how these Christians love one another.
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